Magic Minute An Odd Angry Scot By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “Hey, Mum! An angry Scotsman smashed Laurie’s new fishing rod over his knee because we got our line tangled with his off the pier!” (I later learned my two brothers had broken it in half, hitting a fence while swatting butterflies!) But at […]
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Article Public Speaking Feeling Comfortable With Who You Are By Laurie Smale All the public speaking techniques and positive affirmations in the world are not going to make you an interesting speaker if you’re full of self-doubt, question who you really are, and just want to get your talk over and done with as quickly
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Magic Minute Reluctant Stand In By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Ever been dragooned into a short-term stand-in for something you weren’t that comfortable with? Well, this happened to me with a group of old guys as organizer of their monthly men’s dinner. But my mind soon changed for among these oldies were many interesting
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Reinvention Mentorship and Technology on the Wisepreneurs Podcast By Laurie Smale Topic: Reinvention, Mentorship, and Technology Episode: 70 Date: 6 June 2025 Broadcaster / Interviewer: Nigel Rawlins Producer or Podcast Name: The Wisepreneurs Project Podcast Duration: 00:44:49 Podcast Website Episode: https://www.wisepreneurs.au/laurie-smale-on-reinvention-mentorship-and-technology Audio and Video Recordings YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwJGRhsgP9o Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/0lNKfWsUdfMNPL8wZYY9wR Apple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/laurie-smale-on-reinvention-mentorship-and-technology/id1621969305?i=1000711754237 Pocket Castshttps://pocketcasts.com/podcasts/f47f7640-a25e-0138-e66d-0acc26574db2 RSS Feedhttps://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2311675.rss From Junkyard to Digital Mentor: Laurie Smale’s Reinvention
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Magic Minute Those Passionate Italians By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Ever noticed how Italians experience everything they’re involved in with an infectious passion! Well, having lived with them and studied their language for years I’m getting to understand this. I was once stuck in an endless traffic jam trying to reach a remote village
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Magic Minute Sucked Right In By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // When I was a young, naive telegram boy, a scruffy looking guy sidled up to me and surreptitiously flashed a great wad of 20 pound notes. On reflection, it was probably just one note wrapped around something. Anyway, he furtively whispered, “Norval Boy in
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Magic Minute Teenage Humanity By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // It was a blazing summer’s day and Ingred was enjoying a refreshing ice cream in Munich Central Square. The only problem was it was dripping all over her so she turned to a nearby rubbish bin to finish eating the messy ice cream over it.
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Believe You Can Succeed and You Will! By Laurie Smale Do you believe you are a champion or a second-rate player? Find out in this article how David’s beliefs were changed. A real champion. There’s no doubt about it, you’re a real champion’ my school teacher and coach, Mr Wilson, would say with conviction. These
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Magic Minute Washing Machine Madness! By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Remember the days when you first left home trying to find your way? Well I found myself in a share house with my mate Joe and the bane of our life was our old washing machine which lived in the kitchen. And I’m not
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Magic Minute Back With The Living By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // With minutes to spare 19-year-old Elissa never knew the unsung hero who found her semic-conscious on the floor of her flat and dialled triple O, saving her from a deadly aneurysm. Nor was she cognizant of her mother sitting vigil as she clung
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